by Bill Bryson
Kinsey, Alfred C., Chapter 23.1
Klasies River fossils, Chapter 29.1, 29.2
koa finch, Chapter 30.1
Koeningswald, Ralph von, Chapter 28.1
Kola hole, Chapter 14.1
Kolbert, Elizabeth, Chapter 27.1, 27.2
Köppen, Wladimir, Chapter 27.1
Krakatau, eruption, Chapter 15.1
Krebs, Robert E., Chapter 07.1, 07.2
KT: boundary, Chapter 13.1; impact, 13.2, Chapter 22.1, 22.2, 22.3, 22.4
Kuiper, Gerard, Chapter 02.1, Chapter 13.1
Kuiper belt, Chapter 02.1, Chapter 13.1
Kunzig, Robert, Chapter 18.1, 18.2
Kurlansky, Mark, Chapter 18.1
la Beche, Sir Henry Thomas de, Chapter 05.1, 05.2 La Condamine, Charles Marie de, Chapter 04.1, 04.2, 04.3
Laetoli footprints, Chapter 28.1, 28.2
Lakes, Arthur, Chapter 06.1
Lalande, Joseph, Chapter 04.1
Lamont Doherty Laboratory, Chapter 13.1
land bridges, Chapter 12.1
Lander, Eric, Chapter 26.1, Chapter 29.1
Lascaux caves, Chapter 10.1
Lassa fever, Chapter 20.1, 20.2
Laubenfels, M. W. de, Chapter 13.1
laughing gas, Chapter 07.1
Lavoisier, Antoine-Laurent, Chapter 07.1, 07.2, Chapter 09.1
Lavoisier, Marie Anne Pierrette, Chapter 07.1, 07.2, 07.3
Lawrence, Ernest, Chapter 11.1
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Chapter 03.1, Chapter 13.1
le Gentil, Guillaume, Chapter 04.1
lead, Chapter 10.1, 10.2, Chapter 16.1
Leakey, Louis, Chapter 28.1, 28.2, Chapter 29.1, 29.2
Leakey, Maeve, Chapter 28.1
Leakey, Mary, Chapter 28.1, 28.2, Chapter 29.1, 29.2
Leakey, Richard, Chapter 21.1, Chapter 28.1, 28.2, 28.3, Chapter 30.1
Leavitt, Henrietta Swan, Chapter 08.1, 08.2
Lederman, Leon, Chapter 11.1
Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van, Chapter 24.1, 24.2
Lehmann, Inge, Chapter 14.1
Leibniz, Gottfried von, Chapter 04.1
Lemaître, Georges, Chapter 01.1, Chapter 08.1
Leonard, F. C., Chapter 02.1
leptons, Chapter 11.1, 11.2
Lever, Sir Ashton, Chapter 05.1
Levy, David, Chapter 13.1, 13.2
Lewin, Roger, Chapter 21.1, Chapter 30.1
Lewis, John S., Chapter 13.1
Lewis, Meriwether, Chapter 06.1, 06.2, 06.3, 06.4
Lewontin, Richard, Chapter 26.1
Libby, Willard, Chapter 10.1, 10.2
lichens, Chapter 22.1, Chapter 23.1
light, speed of, Chapter 08.1, 08.2, 08.3
Lightman, Alan, Chapter 09.1
lightning, Chapter 17.1, 17.2, Chapter 19.1
limestone, Chapter 17.1, Chapter 22.1
Lincoln, Abraham, Chapter 25.1, Chapter 26.1
Linde, Andrei, Chapter 01.1
Linnaean Society, Chapter 17.1, Chapter 23.1, Chapter 25.1, 25.2
Linnaeus, Carolus, Chapter 23.1, 23.2, 23.3, 23.4, 23.5
Lisbon earthquake, Chapter 14.1
lithium, Chapter 01.1, 01.2, Chapter 09.1
lithosphere, Chapter 13.1
lizards, Chapter 06.1, Chapter 22.1
lobsters, Chapter 18.1
Lorentz transformations, Chapter 08.1
Lowell, Percival, Chapter 01.1, Chapter 02.1
Lowell Observatory, Chapter 01.1, Chapter 02.1, 02.2, Chapter 08.1
Luc, Jean-André de, Chapter 27.1
Lucy, australopithecine, Chapter 28.1, 28.2, 28.3, 28.4, 28.5
Lyell, Charles: career, Chapter 05.1, 05.2, Chapter 13.1, Chapter 23.1; Darwin friendship, 05.3, 05.4, Chapter 25.1, 25.2; geological epochs, 05.5, 05.6; on Hutton’s work, 05.7, 05.8; on ice age, Chapter 27.1; influence, 05.9, 05.10; lectures, 05.11; portraits, 05.12, 25.3; Principles of Geology, 05.13, 05.14, 05.15, 05.16
Lyon, John, Chapter 23.1
lystrosaurus, Chapter 12.1
M theory, Chapter 11.1
McDonald Observatory, Chapter 13.1 McGrayne, Sharon Bertsch, Chapter 10.1, 10.2, 10.3
McGuire, Bill, Chapter 14.1, Chapter 15.1
Mach, Ernst, Chapter 09.1
MACHOs (MAssive Compact Halo Objects), Chapter 11.1, 11.2
McLaren, Dewey J., Chapter 13.1
McPhee, John: on geological timespans, Chapter 05.1, Chapter 22.1; on ice ages, Chapter 27.1, 27.2; on kimberlite, Chapter 14.1; on plate tectonics, Chapter 12.1, 12.2
MacPhee, Ross, Chapter 30.1
Maddox, Brenda, Chapter 26.1
Maes, Koen, Chapter 23.1, 23.2
magnesium, Chapter 07.1
magnetosphere, Chapter 03.1
Malthus, Thomas, Chapter 25.1
mammals, Chapter 22.1
mammoths, Chapter 06.1, Chapter 30.1
Manning, Aubrey, Chapter 17.1
Manson crater: effects, Chapter 13.1; extinction question, 13.2, 13.3, Chapter 22.1; Shoemaker’s studies, 13.4; size, 13.5, 13.6, 22.2
Mantell, Gideon Algernon, Chapter 06.1, 06.2, 06.3, 06.4, 06.5
Mantell, Mary Ann, Chapter 06.1, 06.2
Marat, Jean-Paul, Chapter 07.1, 07.2
Marcy, Geoffrey, p.1
Marrella, Chapter 21.1
Mariana Trench, Chapter 16.1, Chapter 18.1, 18.2
Maric, Mileva, Chapter 08.1, 08.2
Mars: beings from, Chapter 02.1; canal theory, 02.2, 02.3; distance from Sun, Chapter 16.1; mission, 02.4; satellites, 16.2
Marsh, Bryan, Chapter 20.1, 20.2
Marsh, Othniel Charles, Chapter 06.1, 06.2
Marshall, Barry, Chapter 20.1
Martin, John, Chapter 05.1
Masai Mara National Reserve, Chapter 28.1
Maskelyne, Nevil, Chapter 04.1, 04.2, 04.3
Mason, Charles, Chapter 04.1, 04.2, 04.3, 04.4
Mason, Roger, Chapter 21.1
mass, Chapter 11.1
mastodon, Chapter 06.1
matrix mathematics, Chapter 09.1
Matthew, Patrick, Chapter 25.1
Matthews, Drummond, Chapter 12.1
Maunder, John, Chapter 23.1
Maxwell, James Clerk, Chapter 04.1
Mayer, August, Chapter 28.1
Mayr, Ernst, Chapter 20.1, 20.2, Chapter 28.1
Medawar, Peter, Chapter 16.1, Chapter 20.1
megadynasties, Chapter 22.1
megalosaurus, Chapter 06.1
megatherium, Chapter 23.1, Chapter 25.1
Meinertzhagen, Richard, Chapter 23.1
Mendel, Gregor, Chapter 16.1, Chapter 25.1, 25.2, 25.3, 25.4, Chapter 26.1
Mendeleyev, Dmitri Ivanovich, Chapter 07.1, 07.2, 07.3
Mendes, J. C., Chapter 12.1
meningitis, Chapter 20.1
meridian, degree of, Chapter 04.1
mesosphere, Chapter 17.1
Messinian Salinity Crisis, Chapter 17.1
Meteor!, Chapter 13.1, 13.2
Meteor Crater, Arizona, Chapter 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4
meteorology: early, Chapter 17.1; Howard’s work, 17.2; long-term carbon cycle, 17.3; oceans and atmosphere, 17.4; term, 17.5
meteors and meteorites: age, Chapter 10.1; impact, Chapter 13.1, Chapter 22.1; Patterson’s work, 10.2; photographs, 13.2, Chapter 19.1, 19.2; pictures, 13.3, 19.3, Chapter 21.1; showers, 13.4, 13.5; term, 19.4
methane, Chapter 03.1
Mexico City, pollution, Chapter 09.1
Michel, Helen, Chapter 13.1
Michell, John, Chapter 04.1, 04.2
Michelson, Albert, Chapter 08.1, 08.2, 08.3, 08.4, 08.5
microbes: hot-water, Chapter 15.1; role, Chapter 20.1
microscopes, Chapter 08.1, Chapter 24.1
microscopic specimens, Chapter 24.1, 24.2
Midgley, Thomas Junior, Chapter 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5
Miescher, Johann Friedrich, Chapter 26.1
Milankovitch, Milutin, Chapter 27.1, 27.2, 27.3
Milky Way, Part 1.1, Chap
ter 02.1, Chapter 08.1, 08.2
Miller, Stanley, Chapter 19.1, 19.2, 19.3
millipedes, Chapter 22.1, Chapter 23.1
Miocene epoch, Chapter 05.1, Chapter 14.1
Mirsky, Alfred, Chapter 26.1
mites, Chapter 23.1, 23.2
mitochondria, Chapter 19.1, Chapter 24.1, 24.2
mitochondrial DNA, Chapter 29.1, 29.2
Modern Synthesis, Chapter 16.1, Chapter 25.1
Moho discontinuity, Chapter 14.1, 14.2
Mohole project, Chapter 14.1
Mohorovicic, Andrija, Chapter 14.1
molecules, Chapter 09.1, 09.2, Chapter 19.1, 19.2, Chapter 24.1, Chapter 26.1
Monod, Jacques, Chapter 26.1
Moody, Plinus, Chapter 06.1
Moon: craters, Chapter 13.1, Chapter 18.1; distance from Earth, Chapter 04.1, Chapter 19.1, 19.2, 19.3; formation, Chapter 03.1, Chapter 12.1; influence on Earth, Chapter 16.1; insect theory, Chapter 08.1; journey to, Chapter 02.1; size, 16.2
Morgan, Thomas Hunt, Chapter 26.1, 26.2
Morley, Edward, Chapter 08.1, 08.2, 08.3, 08.4
Morley, Lawrence, Chapter 12.1
mosquitoes, Chapter 20.1, 20.2
mosses, Chapter 23.1, 23.2
motion, laws of, Chapter 04.1, Chapter 08.1
Mount St. Helens, eruption, Chapter 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, Chapter 15.1, Chapter 27.1
Mount Unzen, eruption, Chapter 14.1
Mount Wilson Observatory, Chapter 08.1, 08.2, 08.3
mountain lion, Chapter 30.1
Mousterian tools, Chapter 29.1
Movius, Hallum, Chapter 29.1
Movius line, Chapter 29.1
Mullis, Kary B., Chapter 15.1
multiregionalism, Chapter 29.1, 29.2
Mungo people, Chapter 29.1, 29.2, 29.3, 29.4
Murchison, Roderick, Chapter 05.1, 05.2, 05.3, Chapter 27.1
Murchison meteorite, Chapter 19.1, 19.2
Murray, John, Chapter 25.1
mutation, Chapter 20.1, Chapter 26.1, Chapter 29.1
Myers, Norman, Chapter 30.1
myxomycetes, Chapter 20.1
Nagaoka, Hantaro, Chapter 09.1, 09.2
Nägeli, Karl-Wilhelm von, Chapter 25.1
NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Agency), Chapter 02.1, Chapter 13.1, Chapter 15.1, Chapter 21.1
Natural History Museum: ancient marine reptiles, Chapter 06.1; author’s visit, Chapter 21.1, Chapter 23.1, 23.2; collection, Chapter 03.1, Chapter 22.1, 23.3; creation, 06.2; dinosaur displays, 22.2
nautiloids, Chapter 22.1, 22.2
Neandertals: brain size, Chapter 29.1; development, 29.2, 29.3; discovery, Chapter 28.1, 28.2; DNA, Chapter 26.1, 29.4; interbreeding question, 29.5; remains, Chapter 25.1, 28.3, 29.6, 29.7; skull, 28.4; survival, 29.8; territory, 29.9; tools, 29.10; views of, 29.11, 29.12, 29.13
Nebraska fossils, Chapter 13.1, Chapter 14.1
nebulae, Chapter 08.1
necrotizing fasciitis, Chapter 20.1
Negrín, Juan, Chapter 16.1
Neptune: moons, Chapter 02.1; orbit, 02.2, 02.3, 02.4
Neptunists, Chapter 05.1, 05.2, 05.3
neutrinos, Chapter 08.1, Chapter 11.1
neutron detector, Chapter 09.1
neutron stars, Chapter 03.1
neutrons: in atomic nucleus, Chapter 09.1, 09.2; discovery, Chapter 03.1, 09.3, 09.4; existence, Chapter 11.1, formation, Chapter 01.1; particles, 11.2; Zwicky’s theories, 03.2
New Horizons spacecraft, Chapter 02.1
New Madrid, earthquakes, Chapter 14.1
New Zealand: extinctions, Chapter 22.1; fishing, Chapter 18.1; giant squid, 18.2; glacier, Chapter 27.1
Newlands, John, Chapter 07.1
Newton, Isaac: alchemy, Chapter 04.1, Chapter 06.1; Blake’s depiction, Chapter 03.1; character, 04.2, 04.3; epitaph, 04.4; on ether, Chapter 08.1; experiments with light, 04.5, 04.6; on gravity, 04.7, 04.8; Halley’s visit, 04.9, 04.10; inverse square law, 04.11, Chapter 24.1; laws of motion, 04.12, 04.13, 08.2; portrait, 04.14; Principia, 04.15, 04.16, 04.17, Chapter 09.1, Chapter 30.1; tomb, Chapter 25.1; on weight of Earth, 04.18; work, 04.19
Ngalli, Jillani, Chapter 29.1, 29.2
night sky, Chapter 02.1, Chapter 03.1
nitric oxide, Chapter 24.1
nitrogen: bacteria, Chapter 20.1; the bends, Chapter 16.1; composition of living objects, Chapter 19.1; Earth’s atmosphere, Chapter 03.1; formation, Chapter 01.1; intoxication, 16.2
nitrous oxide, Chapter 07.1, 07.2
Nobel Prize: Bohr, Chapter 09.1; Chadwick, 09.2; Crick, Chapter 26.1; Curies and Becquerel, Chapter 07.1, 07.2; de Duve, Chapter 19.1; Einstein, Chapter 08.1, 09.3; Fowler, Chapter 03.1; Medawar, Chapter 20.1; Michelson, 08.2; Morgan, 26.2; Mullis, Chapter 15.1; Pauling, 26.3; Reines, 08.3n; Ruska, 08.4n; Rutherford, 09.4, 09.5; Urey, Chapter 13.1; Watson, 26.4; Weinberg, Chapter 01.1
Norton, Trevor, Chapter 16.1, 16.2
Norwood, Richard, Chapter 04.1
nuclear forces, strong and weak, Chapter 01.1, Chapter 09.1, Chapter 11.1
nucleus of a cell, Chapter 24.1, 24.2, Chapter 26.1
Nuland, Sherwin B., Chapter 24.1, 24.2, Chapter 26.1
numbers, very large, Chapter 01.1, Chapter 07.1
Nuttall, Thomas, Chapter 06.1, Chapter 23.1
ocean: beds, Chapter 18.1; chemistry, Chapter 12.1; deep-sea vents, 18.2, 18.3, Chapter 27.1; floor, 12.2, 12.3, 18.4; influence on climate, Chapter 17.1; life, 18.5; saltiness, i.1, 18.6, 27.2
oceanography, Chapter 18.1, 18.2
Octaves, Law of, Chapter 07.1
octopus, giant, Chapter 18.1
Officer, Charles, Chapter 13.1
okapi, Chapter 23.1
Oldham, R. D., Chapter 14.1, 14.2
Oldowan tools, Chapter 29.1, 29.2
Olorgesailie axes, Chapter 29.1, 29.2
Oort cloud, Chapter 02.1, 02.2, 02.3
Öpik, Ernst, Chapter 13.1
Oppenheimer, Robert, Chapter 03.1
Orbell, Geoffrey, Chapter 23.1
Ordovician: extinction, Chapter 22.1, 22.2, 22.3; period, Chapter 05.1, 05.2, 22.4
organelles, Chapter 19.1
Orgel, Leslie, Chapter 19.1
Orion, Chapter 03.1
Orrorin tugenensis, Chapter 28.1, 28.2
Ostro, Steven, Chapter 13.1
Overbye, Dennis, Chapter 01.1, Chapter 05.1, Chapter 08.1, Chapter 09.1
Owen, Richard, Chapter 06.1, 06.2, Chapter 25.1
oxygen: at altitude, Chapter 17.1, 17.2; atomic weight, Chapter 09.1; bacteria and, Chapter 19.1; breathing, Chapter 16.1, 16.2, 17.3, Chapter 22.1, 22.2; for cells, 19.2, Chapter 24.1; combustion, 16.3; commonest element, 16.4; composition of living objects, 16.5, 19.3, 19.4; discovery, Chapter 07.1; formation, Chapter 01.1; Lavoisier’s work, 07.2; levels, 19.5, 19.6, 22.3; supply, Chapter 20.1; water, 16.6, Chapter 18.1
Oyster Club, Chapter 05.1
ozone, Chapter 10.1, Chapter 17.1
Paley, William, Chapter 25.1
Palmer, Harry, Chapter 30.1
Palomar Observatory, Chapter 13.1
Pangaea, Chapter 12.1, 12.2, Chapter 22.1
panspermia, Chapter 19.1
Papua, New Guinea, Chapter 29.1